Tobacco pipe and ash ejector



March 1, 1932. c. E. P. GALLAGHER 1,847,393

TOBACCO PIPE AND ASH EJECTOR Filed Jan. 29, 1-930 Patented Mar. 1, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ronaoco PIPE AND ASK nmc'ron Application filed January 29, 1930. Serial No. 424,156.

This invention relates to tobacco pipes and ash ejectors therefor.

One object of the invention is to provide a device of the character described, including a pipe having an improved ash ejector embodied therein.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a device of the nature set forth including a tobacco pipe bowl, and having-a pivotally connected shank adapted to lie along the pipe stem.

A further object of the invention is to furnish a device of the type mentioned having comparatively few and simple parts, which is relatively inexpensive to manufacture, and

is rugged, reliable and efiicient in use to a high degree.

V Among the advantages of the invention may be mentioned the unitary pipe bowl and ejector construction, whereby the ash ejector is always present and need not be separately carried. The ash ejector is clean to operate and will not soil or be disagreeable to use. The clogging of the bore in the stem 2 of the pipe is by this invention prevented due to the novel ash ejector arrangement. Where the'tobacco becomes too tightly packed into the bowl,it is possible to loosen it slightly by means'of the ash ejector to permit an easier draft. The presence of the ash ejector will cause the pipe bowl to be cleaned often, preventing soiling of the wearers' pockets and theaccumulation of an excessive amount of carbon cake. The ash ejector is also entirely removable from the pipe for thorough cleaning of all parts, at infrequent intervals of time.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent as the specification proceeds.

With the aforesaid objects in view, the invention consists in the novel combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described 1 in their preferred embodiments,

pointed out in the subjoined claims, and illustrated in the annexed drawings, wherein like parts are designated by the same reference characters throughout the several views. In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a tobacco pipe and ash ejector.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged bottom plan view of the ash ejector removed from the pipe.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view of the device taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. i is an enlarged fragmentary sectonal view of a modification of a pipe and ash ejector.

The advantages of the invention as here outlined are best realized when all of its features and instrumentalities are combined in one and the same structure, but, useful devices may be produced embodying less than the Whole.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains, that the same may be incorporated in several different constructions. The accompanying drawings, therefore, are submitted merely as showing the preferred exemplification of the invention.

Referring in detail to the drawings, 10 denotes a device embodying the invention. The same includes any suitable tobacco pipe 11 having a bowl 12 and a stem 13. The pipe is made of any suitable material, preferably brier wood.

'Mounted at the base of the pipe is an ash ejector 14. The same is positioned within the bowl 12 and may be in relatively close proximity-to the bottom wall thereof. The ash ejector may be in alinement with the pipe bowl and preferably overlies the opening of the bore 15 of the pipe stem. The ash ejector 14 is arranged for vertical reciprocation in the pipe bowl to loosen the contents thereof or to remove the ashes therefrom. For this purpose the ash ejector includes an actuator 16 that may extend downward through an opening 17 in the bottom wall of the bowl.

Connected to the actuator 16 in any suitable manner is a shank member 18 which may be disposed as desired. This shank member is engageable with the said actuator to provide a handle of sufiicient length for the required movement of the ashejector in the pipe bowl.

According to one possible way of constructing the device, the shank 18 may be per- 25 with the shank.

When the ash ejector is not used, the shank arms of the yoke is received an undercut portion or hub 21 of the shank 18. When the shank 18 is thrown into the dotted lme POSI- tion in alinement with the ash ejector 14, the

latter may be reciprocated to clean the bowl.

To retain the shank 18 in alinement with the ash ejector as stated, any suitable engagement is provided which may act releasably or yieldingly for this purpose, it bemg noted that when the ash ejector is not in use, the

tom of the pipe stem. As one possible means of carrying out this object, a coil spring 22 is mounted on the pin 19, adjacent to the hub portion 21 of the shank. This coil spring coacts with the shank to tend to throw the same into the dotted line position. The tension on the coil spring in the latter position is relieved, and the coil s ring then acts to tend to retain the ash ejector in alinement is moved toward the right and is received in a longitudinal recess 23 in the bottom of the pipe stem. In this recess the shank is neatly received so as to be flush with the surface of the stem and quite inconspicuous.

. To retain the shank in said recess, a spring 24 may be secured therein, which spring is engageable with a catch 25 of the shank by a 5 snap fastener action. The spring 24 is superior to the coil spring 22. To release the shank, the same is provided with a projection 26 accessible to a finger nail.

The ejector 10 and the shank 18 may be so formed as to be adapted for complete removal from the pipe bowl through the opening 17 for accessibility in cleaning all parts of the construction. But such removal will be required only at remote intervals, and the usual reciprocatlon of the, ash ejector will sufiice for all ordinary purposes in cleaning the pipe bowl.

The ejector 14 may be variously constructed, and is preferably so arranged as to include a layer of briar wood 27, or the like,

whereby contact of -the tobacco with metal is reduced to a minimum tomaintain the quality of the smoke. The saidbriar wood 27 may be positioned on the upper part of the ejector and located in a concave or cup element 28 of metal, having a thin edge 29 for scraping the wall of the pipe bowl. The actuator 16 may be integral with the said cup or otherwise connected thereto, and the layer 27 acts also as a heatinsulator.

To prevent leakage of condensate from the pipe bowl through the opening 17, the actuator 16 has a sleeve arrangement therein. For i example, a sleeve 30 having-a flange 30a, may

be secured about the actuator, the said sleeve having an outwardly ressed rib 31 of a re- 7 silient nature. This ri 31 is very slight, but suflicient to form snug frictional contact with the opening 17. The latter may be constructed wlth an entrance 32 to facilitate admission of the sleeve and also to permit a degree of lateral movementin reciprocation of the ash rlajector to fully scrape the wall of the pipe bow lVhile the actuator and sleeve may be of different shapes in cross section, they are preferably square to prevent turning of the actuator and to assure that the shank 18 will always properly return to 'its' recess 23. shank is positioned to extend along the bot- In Fig. 4 is shown a modification of the invention including a pipe bowl 33, having an ash ejector 34 mounted on an actuator 35. The latter is slidable ina sleeve 36 which is fitted in a fluid tight manner in the opening 37 of the bottom wall of the bowl. While the ash ejector overlies the bore 38 of the pipe stem, the sleeve 36 isof suflicient height to prevent condensate from flowing out of the bowl through the interior of the said sleeve. The ash ejector may include a thin layer of briar wood set into a metal scraping cup 39,

connected to the actuator. The sleeve 36 has a plurality of spaced beads 40, 41, the former to afford a rest for the ejector 34, and the iatteir to engage the bottom wall of the pipe Connected to the actuator is a shank 42 by means of a hinge pin 43, with which coacts a strong friction washer 44 that sets into the space between the arms of a yoke of the actuator-similar to that shown in Fig. 2. The spring washer tends to retain the ash ejector in alinement with the shank for effective cleaning or scraping of the pipe bowl.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a device which fulfills the several objects of the invention and which is well adapted to meet the conditions of practical use.

I claim:

1. In combination,'a tobacco pipe, and an ash ejector positioned in the bowl of the pipe,

- the bowl having an opening in the bottom wall thereof, and means extending through said opening to actuate the ash ejector, said means including a movable member normally dlsposed along the pipe .stem and movable into. alinement with the ash ejector to reciprocate the same in the pipe bowl, and a resilientelement tending to keep said ash ejector and said member in alinement.

2. In combination, a tobacco ipe, and an in thepipe bowl, and means toretain the ash 'eject'or in said alinement.

3. In combination, a tobacco pipe, an ash ejector in the bowl of the pipe, the bowl having an opening in the bottom thereof, movable means extending through said opening to actuate the ejector, and resilient frictional means between the movable means and the Wall of said opening for sealing said opening.

a 4. In combination, a tobacco pipe, an ash ejector in the bowl thereof, said bowl having an opening in the bottom wall thereof, a reciprocatory member extending through said opening for actuating the ash ejector, said opening having an enlarged entrance on the inside of said wall spaced from said member for facilitating lateral tilting of the member and ash ejector, whereby the latter scrapes the bowl.

5. In combination, a tobacco pipe, an ash ejector in the bowl thereof movable up and down', said bowl having an opening in the bottom wall thereof, a reciprocatory member extending through said opening for actuating the ash ejector, and a sleeve mounted on the reciprocatory member, said sleeve having a resilient portion for efiecting frictional contact with the wall of said opening in the down position of the ash ejecto i 6. In combination, a tobacco pipe, an ash eje'ctor in the bowl thereof, said bowl having 0 an opening in the bottom wall thereof, a reciprocatory member extending through said opening for actuating the ash ejector, said opening havingan enlarged entrance .on the inside of said wall spaced from said member 5 for facilitating lateral tilting of the member and ash ejector, whereby the latter scrapes the bowl, and resilient means in proximity to said entrance for frictionall; sealing the reoiprocatory member with said opening. 40 In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

CHARLES E. P. GALLAGHER. 

